How the French Point of contact for INSPIRE deals with the concepts of common goods & sovereign data, and with the regulations upon open data & INSPIRE.

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Common goods & sovereign data
Open data & INSPIRE
Where are we?
Marc Leobet
For the French Point of contact

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Picture from The Foggara, Learn from the Past for a Sustainable Future by Abdessamad B in https://tunza.eco-generation.org/ambassadorReportView.jsp?viewID=13711
A common good ?

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Sovereign data
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Data used directly for public decision :
– Defence, security, urban planning, flood, pollution...;
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Description of geography is the core data (see INSPIRE’s annex I)
– A map without it has no sense.
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Two consequences :
– Independant from a third party ;
– Mastered data qualification.
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Only one licence usable : open licence.

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A bit confused world
From INSPIRE to GAFA
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Authoritative data,
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National mapping agencies,
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Eurogeographics,
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Thematic crowdsourcing (Biodiversity...)
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Openstreemap,
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Community sourcing (drivers, Emergency services...)
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Private data of public interest (environmental studies, traffic
information...)
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Global (but US) companies

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Two legs to walk on
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INSPIRE for machine-to-machine process
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An Open data legal framework :
– In France, Open Data is by default for public authorities ;
– Many are worrying about captation by GAFAs ;
– A common good is seen as a solution.

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A digital common good ?
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INSPIRE is the basic infrastructure for digital services !
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Management of ressource through rules
=> a share-alike licence (OdbL, CC-BY-SA 4.0 ?)
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Governance : to be adaptable to new conditions and needs
– The basis for gouvernance is the people (eg. the community )
– Public and transparent
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Sanction : a licence, you defend it or drop it
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Never heard of a trial about share-alike licence infringment
(Based on « Construire des communs numériques » by @matti_sg_fr, https://communs.mattischneider.fr/)

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Conclusion
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We are in an ecosystem ;
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Biggers need smallers (to create new services...)
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Citizens are on both sides : impacted by public decision and part of
data communities
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They deserve to understand the process and to be able to control it
– Ex. : algorithms for decision making
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Sovereign data is not against common good, but could feed it.